ein Rufer in der Wüste

/[aɪ̯n ˈʁuːfɐ ɪn deːɐ̯ ˈvyːstə]/ phrase

Letters

22 characters

Language

German

word origin

Misspellings

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tracked variants

Confusables

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similar word pairs

ein Rufer in der Wüste is aGermanphrase. It means: jemand, der mahnt und warnt, ohne Gehör zu finden; jemand, der in den Wind redet, tauben Ohren predigt Pronounced [aɪ̯n ˈʁuːfɐ ɪn deːɐ̯ ˈvyːstə].

Key facts for ein Rufer in der Wüste
PropertyValue
Headwordein Rufer in der Wüste
LanguageGerman
Part of speechPhrase
IPA[aɪ̯n ˈʁuːfɐ ɪn deːɐ̯ ˈvyːstə]
Letters22
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

ein Rufer in der Wüste is not present in the top-100,000 ranked German corpus, typical for technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary.

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for ein Rufer in der Wüste is 22 letters long, classified as aphrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [aɪ̯n ˈʁuːfɐ ɪn deːɐ̯ ˈvyːstə]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "jemand, der mahnt und warnt, ohne Gehör zu finden; jemand, der in den Wind redet, tauben Ohren predigt".

No misspelling variants are generated for ein Rufer in der Wüste in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is ein Rufer in der Wüste, spelled E-I-N- -R-U-F-E-R- -I-N- -D-E-R- -W-Ü-S-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    jemand, der mahnt und warnt, ohne Gehör zu finden; jemand, der in den Wind redet, tauben Ohren predigt

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ein Rufer in der Wüste"?
"ein Rufer in der Wüste" is spelled E-I-N- -R-U-F-E-R- -I-N- -D-E-R- -W-Ü-S-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [aɪ̯n ˈʁuːfɐ ɪn deːɐ̯ ˈvyːstə].
What does "ein Rufer in der Wüste" mean?
As a phrase, "ein Rufer in der Wüste" means: jemand, der mahnt und warnt, ohne Gehör zu finden; jemand, der in den Wind redet, tauben Ohren predigt
How do you pronounce "ein Rufer in der Wüste"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ein Rufer in der Wüste" is [aɪ̯n ˈʁuːfɐ ɪn deːɐ̯ ˈvyːstə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ein Rufer in der Wüste" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.